The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 8John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Great Britain |
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... Pretorius.1 Because of the hostility of his rivals in the Transvaal , Pretorius made another determined though clumsy and unsuccessful bid , early in 1857 , to realise his ambition for a union with the Free State . He was defeated by ...
... Pretorius.1 Because of the hostility of his rivals in the Transvaal , Pretorius made another determined though clumsy and unsuccessful bid , early in 1857 , to realise his ambition for a union with the Free State . He was defeated by ...
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... Pretorius was once again deeply involved in the Trans- vaal . Although the split between Lydenburg and the rest of the country was healed by its adhesion to Pretorius's South African Re- public , yet the former jealousies and rivalries ...
... Pretorius was once again deeply involved in the Trans- vaal . Although the split between Lydenburg and the rest of the country was healed by its adhesion to Pretorius's South African Re- public , yet the former jealousies and rivalries ...
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... Pretorius , Waterboer and Arnot met at the farm Nooitgedacht in an endeavour to reach a settlement . Brand insisted on confining the discussion to the Campbell lands west of the Vaal River ; Arnot as firmly refused to exclude the lands ...
... Pretorius , Waterboer and Arnot met at the farm Nooitgedacht in an endeavour to reach a settlement . Brand insisted on confining the discussion to the Campbell lands west of the Vaal River ; Arnot as firmly refused to exclude the lands ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
South African Rivers | 7 |
The Karoo and the Kalahari | 15 |
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